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Bibliography Is Social

Organizing Knowledge in theIsisBibliography from Sarton to the Early Twenty-First Century

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ID3230847
AuthorsStephen P Weldon (0000-0003-1564-0302, University of Oklahoma, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume104
Issue3
Pages540-550
Publication date2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIsis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-1753 • E-ISSN: 1545-6994
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/673273
PMID24341264
OpenAlexW2044624726
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

This essay explores various ways in which bibliographies have exhibited "sociality." Bibliographies are both products of the social contexts that have created them and engines of social interaction in scholarly communities. By tracing the history of the Isis Bibliography, the longest-running and most comprehensive bibliography in its field, this essay explains how different Isis classification systems have been tied to major twentieth-century cataloging efforts. By looking at classification, the essay also attends to the ways in which aspects of the Isis Bibliography in different decades have reflected social mores of their period. Finally, it demonstrates how critical the Isis Bibliography was in the formation of the discipline of history of science and goes on to discuss how that disciplinary connection is evolving in the twenty-first century. By thinking of the bibliography as a network of scholars, not just scholarly works, the essay asks us to reflect on the nature and purpose of bibliography in the digital age

Aesthetics · Art · Bibliography · Cataloging · Discipline · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · History of science · Library science · Mores · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Historical and Literary Studies · History of Medicine Studies · Law · Literature Analysis and Criticism · Philosophy

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  • A Source Book in Greek Science . Morris R. Cohen , I. E. Drabkin

    George Sarton•Isis•1949

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    I Bernard Cohen•Isis•1999

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    George Sarton•Isis•1963

  • A Proposed Revision of the Isis Critical Bibliography

    Henry Guerlac•Isis•1953

  • Eloge

    Marie Boas Hall•Isis•1986

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    Lewis Pyenson, Christine Verbruggen et al.•Isis•2009

  • The Critical Bibliographies of Isis

    George Sarton•Isis•1950

  • History of Science at the University of Wisconsin

    Victor L Hilts•Isis•1984

  • Seven Decades of History of Science

    Joseph W Dauben, Mary Louise Gleason et al.•Isis•2009

  • Current Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences, 1989

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,27
Citation span2015 - 2024 (10)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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